UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2023 calls for a “just and equitable transition” to a decarbonized shipping industry. The sector, whose greenhouse gas emissions have risen 20% over the last decade, operates an ageing fleet that runs almost exclusively on fossil fuels. As global leaders prepare for the next UN …
The global recession may have turned many millionaires into paupers, but for the ship-breakers at Alang, a coastal stretch near Bhavnagar in Gujarat, it's been like manna from heaven. This ship-breaking yard-the biggest and only full-fledged yard for dismantling worn-out ships in India-is a business hub that works on a …
President Barack Obama planned to visit the US Gulf Coast on Sunday to assess the response to a massive oil slick that keeps growing and creeping toward American shores from Louisiana to Florida. Efforts to stem the flow from the ruptured well on the sea floor and remove oil from …
The Department of Environment (DoE) here yesterday sued three more ship-breaking yards for polluting environment and not responding to its notices of clearance. With this, seven ship-breaking yards have been sued within two weeks. The DoE investigator Saiful Ashrab filed the cases with Sitakunda Police Station and the Environment Court. …
This report provides a brief update of greenhouse gas emission trends from the transport sector and discusses the outcome of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change held in December 2009 in Copenhagen. It is based on material collected for the OECD-ITF Joint …
A Bangladeshi barge carrying around 60 tonnes of fly ash sank in the Hooghly, near Budge Budge, on Thursday apparently after the engine developed a snag during high tide. The Anmona-2, which was returning to Bangladesh with fly ash from the CESC plant in Budge Budge, has been tied away …
Anand McNair | TNN Ahmedabad: Marine conservation initiatives along the India coastline are set to receive a major boost with the induction into the Indian Coast Guard, a pollution control vessel, which is one of its kind in Asia. The 77-metre-long and 4,300 tonne Sagar Prahari, the largest ship in …
THE Indian Coast Guard averted a major oil disaster after it swiftly swung into action following a heavy fuel leak from a merchant vessel anchored off the Orissa coast on Wednesday. MV Malavika, owned by the Essar Shipping Private limited, was anchored off Gopalpur on Monday. The ship's tank number …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO The Gopalpur Port authorities on Wednes- day engaged 200 local peo- ple to clean the oil-silts from the local beach that was inundated by a thick layer of petroleum fuel leaking out of a cargo ship docked in the port.
COME JUNE 6, it will be 10 years since the River Princess took up residence at the world-famous Candolim beach in north Goa. What first seemed to be a temporary visit, soon became a pretty permanent in nature and before long, she could be seen in the backdrop of many …
Taking note of illegally mined iron ore being shipped by the miners to the lucrative international markets by evading the regulatory system, the mines ministry has asked the shipping ministry to set up a mechanism to check if the royalty has been paid and the mines from which the mineral …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday stated that the Ministry of Earth and Science (MoES) has assured to study the environmental impact of River Princess on the coast of Goa. Kamat was speaking during the 10th Foundation Day celebration of National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) at Headland …
A charred body found at spot Rajkot: The fire that blazed at Alang ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar district on Thursday took its toll with one person succumbing to his burns and a charred body being found from the spot. Alang police station officials confirmed the death of two people. …
ASHME SEHGAL Six workers were April 1: Six workers were killed in a major fire caused by an oil spill in the sea waters of Alang beach. The oil spill is reported to have been caused by a leak in a ship called Shantamani Enterprise which is docked on the …
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 60th session from 22-26 March 2010, in London, UK, and focused on the reduction of greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions from international shipping. The MEPC concluded that more work needs to be done before it completes its consideration …
